Detroit, Mackinac & Marquette Land Company records 1879-1919

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Detroit, Mackinac & Marquette Land Company records 1879-1919

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Successor to the Land Department of the Detroit, Mackinac & Marquette Railroad Company, owner of large land holdings in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Timber surveys, applications to purchase company lands, and tax records.

45 volumes

eng,

Bentley Historical Library

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Bentley Historical Library

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Detroit, Mackinac & Marquette Land Company.

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The Detroit, Mackinac and Marquette Railroad Company was established in 1879 to connect the Straits of Mackinac by rail with the iron mining region of Marquette County, Michigan. Through acts of 1873, 1874, 1875, 1877, and 1879, the state legislature had granted over 1,300,000 acres of state swamp lands to support the building of the railroad. The railroad was completed in 1881, but the line was not profitable, and the company was bankrupt by 1886. At that time, the land owned by th...

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